Health-related quality of life among paediatric survivors of primary brain tumours and acute leukaemia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-198

  Pogorzala, Monika ^a   Styczynski, Jan ^a   Kurylak, Andrzej ^a   Debski, Robert ^a   Wojtkiewicz, Magdalena ^a   Wysocki, Mariusz ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Brain tumour; Children; Health related quality of life; PedsQL TM 4.0 Generic Core

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952552157     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9580-1     Document Type: Article

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